The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1887-10-13
MINNESOTA NEWS.

Anoka for medical treatment, having been
kicked in the head by a horse. Tho sur.
geon removed twenty pieces OF fractured
skull bone and he Is now doing well.
Tha latest reliable reports from the
Rum river pineries confirm the rumors re-
ceived the first OF the week that the fire is
doing great damage.
At New Ulm, Rev. G. Mowery, for the
past live years pastor OF the congregations
al church, died recently OF cancer in the
stom ach.
Mankato Wholesale liquor house, that
OF II. Carney, assigns.
State Auditor Braden is sending out to
the county auditors the tax certificates
for the ensuing year. These instruments
certify that the rate OF taxation is one
mill and nine tenths, which the auditors
are called upon to collect aad make retur..
to the state treasury. The circular states
the provision OF taxes as follows: Chap
| ter 151, General Laws 1881, .OOO1 for
forestry fund; Chapter 14S, General Laws
1887, .00O1 for soldiers relief Chapter
| 231, General Laws 1887, .OO17 for general
| expenses.
| E. Lockwood sold the Northfield opera
house to J. c. Cooper for $S, 900.
ID. l.. Hewitt, an old resident, and who
| has been in the employ OF the Wasbburn
Mill company for the past ten years, dis
| appeared a few days ago. and his friends
| are regreatly worried. He is q member of the
J. s. Cady post, G. A. r. being corporal in
Company A OF the Ninth Minnesota volun-
teers and has a good war record.
| The Second Regiment Col. Bobletter are
in Chicago att ending thegreat military dis
play.
| Signal Service Officer Lyons has prepar.
ed a review OF the weather during September,
which shows that the weather in st. Paul
and vicinity has been slightly cooler than
the average during previous Septembers, the
rainfall above the normal and the wind
movement moderate. The mean tempera-
ture has been So deg. the normal being
| SO deg. 1t was cooler than the correspond.
ing months in 1874, 1877, 1878, 1881,
| 1882, 1884, 1886 and 1886, and warmer
than the other years from 1870 to 1887,
with the exception OF 1871, 1872 and
| 1879.
At Lake City, the residence OF Mrs.
George Patton was burned to the ground.
Loss $4,000.
The Congregational society at Ortonville,
has made call to the Rev. p. w. Fletcher
OF Hart, Mich, to preside over its society.
At Montgomery, John Petooski was
thrown from his wagon and killed while re-
turning from a funeral.
Judge Brown decides that the Lac qui
Parle county officers must leave Madison
and return to Lac qui Parle.
The new wing OF the insane hospital at
Rochester will be completed next month,
and will furnish room for 12O more pa
tients.
Dairy Commissioner Ives says that now
the fairs are practically disposed OF and he
is ready to hear from all ties interested
in having pure milk. If any one in
| tho tot ;o dicoof;cHod u,;+l, tho
quality OF milk they are buying, if they
will send a sworn statement and a sample
OF the product to the dairy commission,
the sample will be analyzed. free OF charge.
Then. if it falls below the standard required
by law, the commission promises to deal
with the offender.
Michael Kaiser, deaf and dumb man,
was killed by an extra freight on the st.
Cloud & Willmar road. He was walking
along the track to his home near Cold
Springs. Stearns county, when the train
struck him.
At Austin, Andrew Hall, in an alterca-
ton with his brother-i -in-law, Fred Ford,
| at the home of the latter, drew pocket
knife and stabbed Ford three times, max
ing an ugly cash in the shoulder and two
unimportant ones in the side. Hall was
somewhat in liquor.
Red Wing has been selected as the place
for holding the next annual w. G. T. o.
convention.
Frank B. Kellogg, Rochester. we'll known
throughout the state as recent candidate
for the attorney generalship, removes to
st. Paul, where he will share the law bu 81.
ness OF Hon. G. G. Davis, kellogg & Sever.
ance is the style OF the newly organized
law firm.
R. A. Simmons, an old resident of Hast.
ings, committed suicide by hanging.
Ground was broken for the new court
house at Winona. The contractors filed u
bond in the sum OF $50, 900 with five sur
titles.
Rev. George B. Whipple, of Faribault,
who was improving in health, has had a
relapse and is now suffering from a severe
attack Of pneumonia. The doctor reports
him to be in critical condition.
Judge G. B. Sleeper, OF the Fifteenth judi
cial district has accepted the invitation oi
Judge j. P. Rea of the Fourth, to preside
in Minneapolis during the February term
Judge Sleeper will also sit upon Judge
Browns bench, in the Sixteenth district,
in the November term.
Mankato Special: Mamie Hendine was
arrested on the charge ofbastardy, PREFER.
ed by German hired girl in his fathers
employ. He was taken before Judge Porter
and admitted to bail in 5000. His trial
is fixed for Oct. IA. He was arrested last
spring on similar charge.
State Secretary H. f. Williams, of the
Y. NJ. G. A., has issued circular showing
the growth OF association in Minnesota
and Dakota during the past three years
lows: In number OF associations, 81; gen.
eral secretaries, 16; membership. 1882;
annual expenses, $2O,336; building and
building funds. 5; gymnasiums, q; college
associations, z; railroad associations. q
weekly meetings for men only 40; Bible
training classes, 20. The greater portion
OF the increase has taken place within the
last year.
State Treasurer Bobleter has completed
his monthly report, and made the official
statement OF balances in the treasury al
the close OF business as follows: State in.
stitution fund, 81, 3O9.95; forestry fund,
$43, 342.9S; permanent school fund,
$211, ,261. .S4; general school fund, $233,
O57.97; pdrmanent university fund, $23,.
512.39; general university fund, $206.63;
internal Improvement fund, $7,257 SO;
internal improvement land fund, $123,.
634.59; internal improvement land fund
interest, $50, 1O4.s7; school text book
fund, $37, 1880; swamp land fund, $4,-
926,, ,72; total, .$735, 1913; from which
should be deducted the revenue fund over.
drawn, $193, 211. AZ, leaving $542, ,577.71
as the actual amount in treasury. This
sum is deposited in twelve banks, with the
exception OF about $500 in the treasury.
At the Grand Opera House. Minnea po.
lis, the audience was treated to a melo.
dramatic act which was not on the pro-
grame. The curtain had just wrung down
In the last act Of '"Tobogganning'' when
Del Allen, OF the Nicollet avenue saloon
firm OF Dunn G. Allen, entered the theater.
He walked excitedly to the head Of tbs
aisle, and his eyes soon met the object Of
his search, his pretty wife-a lady oi
petite form and blonde complexion.
Allen rushed to where Mrs. Allen and her
gentleman companion we're and remarked,
with very much feeling ''You! you have
been fooiing me!' It was very lively for
the next few minutes. Allen grabbed his
wife and pulled her into the aisle, and her
male companion hastily made his escape,
The commissioners OF Brown county met
and appointed c. A. Stuck Of Minneapolis
as architect OF the new court house to be
built at New Ulm this fall. The contract
callsNior plans for q $50, 900 building. an
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